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2017 CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

facilitated by Anderson T. Graves II

SELF-CARE FOR CAREGIVERS

& CASE MANAGERS

email: atgravestwo2@gmail.com phone: 334-318-3004

OBJECTIVE

Attendees will learn why and how caregivers and case managers should be intentional in caring for themselves.

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We can't give to others what we

don't possess ourselves.

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WHAT DO YOU GIVE?

43.5 million unpaid caregivers in U.S.

The value of services provided by informal caregivers has steadily increased over the last decade to over $470 billion by 2013.

The value of unpaid caregiving exceeded the value of paid home care and total Medicaid spending in the same year, and nearly matched the value of the sales of the world’s largest company, Wal-Mart.

The economic value of the care provided by unpaid caregivers of those with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias was more than $217.7 billion in 2014.

The nonprofit sector contributed $878 billion to the economy in 2012, or about 5.4 percent of our nation’s GDP.

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WHAT DO YOU GIVE? Attention

Financial assistance

Medical care

Counseling

Guidance

Connection to resources

Stress relief

Educational opportunities

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COMPASSION

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WHERE DO YOU GET?

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sacrifice

denial

absorbed

centered

destructive

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SELF-CARE BEST

PRACTICES Learn and use stress-reduction techniques.

Attend to your own healthcare needs.

Get proper rest and nutrition.

Exercise regularly.

Take time off without feeling guilty.

Participate in pleasant, nurturing activities.

Seek and accept the support of others.

Seek supportive counseling when you need it, or talk to a trusted counselor or friend.

Identify and acknowledge your feelings.

Change the negative ways you view situations.

Set goals

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COMPASSION FATIGUE

"Compassion Fatigue is a state experienced by those helping people or animals in distress; it is an extreme state of tension and preoccupation with the suffering of those being helped to the degree that it can create a secondary traumatic stress for the helper.“

--- Dr. Charles Figley,Tulane Traumatology Institute Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

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Shhhh… 9

CAREGIVER

CODEPENDENCE 10

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WHAT KIND OF CAREGIVER

ARE YOU?

Indicates how you do self-care

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Unrelated, external activities

Rejuvenation

Get out of the lab

Room to innovate, experiment

Inspiration

Play in the studio

SELF CARE IS BALANCE IN

MOTION

Self & Others

Stand. . . Walk . . . See

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PROVIDING SERVICES TO

NON-CLIENTS ^ 14

FAMILY

PROVIDING SERVICES TO

NON-CLIENTS ^ 15

YOURSELF

NO “RIGHT” MODEL

“People go crazy trying to live somebody else’s sanity.” --- Sheila Graves (my wife!)

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WHO YOU ARE CHANGES,

DOC

MANAGE & MAINTAIN

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PULSE : PURPOSE 21

GOOD SELF-CARE

However, the report went around concerning Jesus all the more; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.

So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed. (Luke 5:15, 16)

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POOR SELF-CARE

So when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?” . . . So Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good. 18 Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out. For this thing is too much for you; you are not able to perform it by yourself. (Exodus 18: 14, 17)

I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and do not let me see my wretchedness! (Numbers 11:14)

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SELF-CARE BEST

PRACTICES Learn and use stress-reduction techniques.

Attend to your own healthcare needs.

Get proper rest and nutrition.

Exercise regularly.

Take time off without feeling guilty.

Participate in pleasant, nurturing activities.

Seek and accept the support of others.

Seek supportive counseling when you need it, or talk to a trusted counselor or friend.

Identify and acknowledge your feelings.

Change the negative ways you view situations.

Set goals

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2017 CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

facilitated by Anderson T. Graves II

SELF-CARE FOR CAREGIVERS

& CASE MANAGERS

email: atgravestwo2@gmail.com phone: 334-318-3004

Anderson T. Graves II

Email: atgravestwo2@gmail.com

Phone: 334-318-3004 blogging at A WORD TO THE WISE

Andersontgraves.blogspot.com

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